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POLITICO 44

During unguarded and even some staged — but inadvertently revealing — moments, Obama has allowed unintended glimpses into his thinking. At various times, his offhand comments have led critics, and many voters, to view him as an ardent leftist or an elitist or — most recently — a partisan Democrat.

These Freudian slips, uncovering the man beneath the spin and the speeches, are embedded in Americans’ subconscious, if you will, because they seem to come directly from the president’s inner self. Obama can change his policies, but he cannot easily erase these perceptions. And because of his cool opaqueness — noted even by his own staff — and his relatively brief track record on the national stage, voters have little else to go on.

Obama’s meteoric rise and young presidency have been marked by asides that appear to offer insights into his psyche.

His surprising self-revelations began during the presidential campaign. They were harmful but did not create major problems.

First, there was his condescension toward blue-collar Midwestern voters. At a San Francisco fundraiser, he said, “They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.”

The remark suggested he is an elitist, so far removed from the concerns of average Americans that he presented a harsh stereotype of what they are like. This perception of Obama’s being removed from mainstream voters was not helped by Michelle Obama’s own Freudian slip. “For the first time in my adult life,” she said early during the 2008 campaign, “I am proud of my country.”

There was also the case of Joe the Plumber. “I think when you spread the wealth around,” Obama told him, “it’s good for everybody.”

The statement raised eyebrows — not because of the principle, which many agree with, but because of the terminology. “Spread the wealth” sounded scarily like a socialist tract people are forced to read in college.

But then came the actual policies of President Obama, and they seemed to fill in the outlines suggested by these earlier glimpses. Faced with the economic abyss, Obama ordered unprecedented government interventions into the private sector and the massive stimulus bill. He moved on to heavily regulate the health system. He stocked the White House with “czars” unanswerable to Congress.

Obama's problem is NOT that he didn't explain his policies well. He explained his policies very well in speech after speech after speech after speech after speech. His problem is that we don't like his policies.

Obama's problem is NOT that Bush dumped this huge problem on him. Bush dumped a recession on him, same as Clinton dumped on Bush. But he's had two years to improve things and they've only gotten WORSE. MUCH WORSE. And there's no end in sight.

Obama's problem is not that he's perceived as a marxist. He IS a marxist. His mother was a marxist, his first mentor was a marxist, the head of the church he attended for twenty years was a marxist. He's grown up in the marxist traidtiion and he's a true believer in it.

Obama's problem is not that he is perceived as an egomaniacal, elitist, self-centered snob. He IS an egomaniacal, elitist, self-centered snob. And he's got very little to feel elitist about. His knowledge of economics is abysmal. He can't even quote the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence correctly when reading it off a teleprompter.

Obama's problem is not Freudian slips. It's that he really believes all those things. He believes wealth should be spread around. He believes some people have too much money, himself excepted, of course. He believes that white taxpayers are his enemy. He believes that the people between the coasts are a bunch or stupid rubes clinging to their guns and Bibles.

Obama's problem is not one of perception, it's that more and more people are beginning to realize what a bitter, racist, America-hating, egomaniacal marxist they put in office.

"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the presidency. It will be easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to an electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails us. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president.-- Author Unknown

Another unintentionally hilarious article from the Politico. The author, fearful of his standing among all his fellow Obama groupies in the press takes a little baby step to just barely suggest that Obama has made a few misstatements and gaffs that maybe, just maybe might mean something about him. What a riot. The American people have gone around you guys who are no longer the gatekeepers of information. We read Michelle's thesis from Princeton and some of us, having been teachers in our professional lives know that her level of academic competence at that moment was about 7th grade-not to mention her profound resentment and hatred of whites. We have seen the political ads from the New Socialist Party in Illinois with Obama running for state senate on their ticket. (Google is your friend and you guys have Lexis Nexis which we do not) We have viewed segments of Rev. Wright's church sermons (they are available on DVD in his church store) which Barack Obama listened to for twenty years and whose congregation screamed out in agreement with every hate filled comment from that pulpit. And yes with all these things in full view, you and your colleagues like faithful puppies, continue to drool over this guy-a man who is intent upon destroying your own country. This is why we not only cannot abide Barack Obama but you as well and that is why your entire industry (with the exception of News Corps) is slowly going down the tubes.

Obama ran on hope and change.Without much explanation of what that meant.And if he had been honest and said it meant he had a vision of Marxism for this county,he would never been elected.But the gig is up and hopefully we will not be fooled again.

Obozo is nothing more than a Sock Puppet and an incompetent one at that, The Cretin cannot even repeat a prepared script from his teleprompter, To even call him Incompetent is giving Jughead too much credit.

I am shocked and dismayed that Politico would print such vile trash about our much beloved President. He never said any of these things you claim. They are all Rethuglican lies, made up and fed to the press to create false consciousness about our great Leader.

"And because of his cool opaqueness ... and his relatively brief track record on the national stage, voters have little else to go on."

And because the main stream media refused (and refuses) to vet this guy. What were his grades at Columbia or Harvard? What kind of editorials did he write for the Harvard Law Review? What kind of student groups did he hang with? ABC/NBC/CBS/CNN/NY Times/WaPo still cover for this poser.

I'm not sure how Freudian these comments were, since many did not seem accidental, but rather quite calculated. Using the phrase "punishing our enemies" is especially troubling, since it appeared to be an attempt to interject an element of political violence into the mix.